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    [Adjective]  | "con*scious" | \ ˈkän(t)-shəs \


    1: having mental faculties not dulled by sleep, faintness, or stupor : awake

    2: perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation

    3: personally felt


    Origin: circa 1600 ;

     Latin conscius, from com- + scire to know;

    [Adjective]  | "class-con*scious" | \ ˈklas-ˈkän(t)-shəs \


    1: actively aware of one's common status with others in a particular economic or social level of society

    2: believing in class struggle


    Origin: 1899 ;

    [Adjective]  | "eco-con*scious" | \ ˈē-kō-ˌkän(t)-shəs \


    1: marked by or showing concern for the environment


    Origin: 1972 ;

    [Adjective]  | "self-con*scious" | \ ˌself-ˈkän(t)-shəs \


    1: conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual

    2: intensely aware of oneself : conscious; also : produced or done with such awareness

    3: uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ill at ease


    Origin: 1632 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hy*per*con*scious" | \ ˌhī-pər-ˈkän(t)-shəs \


    1: intensely or excessively aware : acutely conscious


    Origin: 1870 ;

    [Adjective]  | "un*self*con*scious" | \ ˌən-ˌself-ˈkän(t)-shəs \


    1: not self-conscious


    Origin: 1866 ;

    [Noun]  | "conscious" 


    1: consciousness


    Origin: 1919 ;

     See: {conscious:1 };

    [Adjective]  | "conscious" 


    1: having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind;


      * e.g., " ... conscious of the fact that my hands were sweating the whole time that I was making my presentation "





    2: made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing;


      * e.g., " ... a conscious effort to instill discord in the family "





     [ "Conscious" ]

    1:  adj: Being in a state of awareness; alert (Antonym: Ignorant)

      * e.g.,  ... Definition 1: Alan was conscious that his decision would decide for the entire jury. 


     [ "Conscious" ]

    2:  adj: Meaningful; with intent

      * e.g.,  ... Definition 2: Jason made the conscious choice to ignore his brother's warnings and went to the party. 


     [ "Conscious" ]

    3:  adj: Awake; alive (Antonyms: Unconscious, "Knocked-Out")

      * e.g.,  ... Definition 3: After being hit by the falling brick, he was lucky to still be conscious. 


     [ "Conscious" ]

    4: See also consciousness

     [ "Conscious irony" ]

    1: Conscious awareness of ironic consciousness. Awareness that one's consciousness is a self-actualized linearization of time that originates from cyclical time origins. Awareness that the existentialism (cyclical) of consciousness is counterposed to its actualization (linearity). Understanding that one cannot traverse linear time to the past and that the future and present concurrently (cyclically) impact each other.

      * e.g.,  ... Conscious irony is the understanding that you cannot travel back to the linear past you can only move to the cyclical future which is the eternal now. 

     [ "conscious awaring" ]

    1: When a person notices something in its utter fullness and reality, often in a meditative state.

      * e.g.,  ... We stepped out into the bright moonlight at Asilomar and it seemed like as we walked there was a continuous state of complete conscious awaring taking place, all the way to the brightly illuminated tide pools. 

     [ "Conscious awareness" ]

    1: The level to which you analyze and look over your actions and thoughts.

      * e.g.,  ... Some one with a high level of Conscious awareness is very likely to not get angry or angry for a long period, as they are quickly aware of this thought process and do not allow it to influence them in a negative way 

     [ "turd-conscious" ]

    1: to be aware of fecal girth and volume when using a toilet. if a deposit of feces is too large for the plumbing in question, an early "courtesy flush" is definitely in order, sometimes in mid-loaf.

      * e.g.,  ... i was visiting my in-laws when i had to take a huge dump. fortunately i am turd-conscious and employed a quick courtesy flush; therefore, averting an embarrassing need for a plunger... or even worse, an overflow of tainted water. 


     [ "turd-conscious" ]

    2: if one is properly turd-conscious, no plumbing disasters will occur.

     [ "self-conscious" ]

    1:  excessively aware of being observed by others.

      * e.g.,  ... Jamie is so self-conscious, she doesn't realise how great she is. 


     [ "self-conscious" ]

    2:  conscious of oneself or one's own being.

     [ "conscious irony" ]

    1: Irony's tendency to reference itself in skeumorphic form from one culturally-manifestive medium to the next. Irony as a self-referencing (meta-meta - - > self-actualized) entity. Culturally-manifestive mediums include literary--> cinematic - - > existential - - > aesthetic - - > conscious.

      * e.g.,  ... Conscious irony or irony's ability to self - reference from one medium to the next implies that it is self-sentient; that consciousness is an attribute of irony rather than irony being an attribute of consciousness 

     [ "Conscious Rap" ]

    1: Conscious rap is a sub-genre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge. Conscious rappers traditionally decry violence, discrimination, and other societal ailments. It's propelled by the conviction that radical social change comes through knowledge of self and personal discovery

      * e.g.,  ... "Have you heard Talib's new album?" "Hell yeah I love Conscious Rap." 

     [ "Life-conscious" ]

    1: A deeper sense of awareness whereby existence is accepted as it is and life is lived on its own premises, corresponding to a deeper recognition of our own mortality and embracing the limitations and opportunities that life presents us with, as opposed to waiting for paradise or better days to justify our existence.

      * e.g.,  ... She signed up for cooking classes like she had always wanted to, after becoming more life-conscious in the wake of her coworker's untimely death. 

     [ "Karma Conscious" ]

    1: Being aware for the questionable actions you might take part in for fear that karma will bite you back if you follow through with it. Thus making you karma conscious.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: "I was going to cut in front of the elderly group ahead of me to save time, but I am karma conscious and stayed back instead." 

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